College of St. Benedict Women's Swimming

Eckberg looks to help CSB finish even higher in 2016-17. Eckberg, who enters his fourth season as the teams head coach, guided Saint Benedict to its second-straight fifth-place finish at the MIAC Championships in February. CSB finished fourth in 2013-14 in his first season with the program. Eckberg served as the interim head coach in 2013-14 and was named head coach prior to the 2014-15 season. In 2015-16, CSB won the Hamline Invite and finished 2-2 in duals with wins against St. Kates and Carleton. The Carleton dual came down to the final race of the day. CSB finished the season with 82 personal bests, 15 individual times or marks in the top 10 in school history and four relay times that made the schools all-time top-10 list, including a pair of school records. Kristina Rudin, Katie Heller, Gaby Hagen and Steph Bierman teamed up to set the 200 and 400 freestyle relay records at the 2016 MIAC Championships. Rudin, Kenzie Young, Ashley Groebner and Jenna Humbert all made it into the top 10 or improved their times in two individual events, and Rudin was part of all four top-10 relays. Senior diver Carissa Gaffy-Sanford improved on three marks and moved up in the top 10, and first-year diver Briana Lovato made it into the top 10 in two events. Gaffy-Sanford earned All-MIAC honors at the MIAC Championships after finishing third in the one-meter dive. She also finished fourth in the three-meter competition. Bierman made finals in three events (50, 100 and 200 freestyle), and finished in the top six in all three. Eight individuals finished in the top eight and three relay teams finished in the top four at the conference championships for Saint Benedict in 2016. At the end of the season, CSB earned CSCAA Team Scholar All-America honors for the fifth straight year with a team GPA of 3.35. This marks the seventh time in the past eight years CSB has been honored with the team academic award. In his first three seasons at the helm, Eckberg has coached five All-MIAC athletes, five Individual Scholar All-Americans and watched three school records fall. Thirty of the athletes Eckberg has coached at CSB have recorded times or marks in the top 10 in school history in their college swimming careers. Eckberg came to CSB prior to the 2013 season from nearby St. Cloud Tech High School where he served as head coach from 2009 to 2012. He worked with both the boys and girls programs at Tech, and prior to his head coaching duties he was an assistant coach from 2007-09. During his tenure, the Tech athletes recorded 27 school-record swims. Eckberg has also been a coach and counselor at Stanford University Swimming Camps, working with athletes ranging in age from eight to 18. Eckberg is a graduate of St. Cloud State University where he graduated with an elective studies degree. He is also a 2005 graduate of nearby St. Cloud Tech High School. Along with his coaching duties, Eckberg is also the pool coordinator at Saint Benedict.   Coaching Experience 2009-2012: St. Cloud Tech boys' and girls' swimming head coach 2007-2009: Assistant swimming coach at St. Cloud Tech Coach/Counselor at Stanford University Swimming Camps Certifications/awards

Wolvert returns for her fourth season overall with the CSB swimming and diving team in 2016-17. Wolvert coached at CSB for three years from 2012-15, took a one-year hiatus and now returns for her second stint with the team. In her first three seasons at CSB, Wolvert helped Saint Benedict to a pair of fourth-place finishes and one fifth-place finish at the MIAC Championships. CSB earned seven All-MIAC honors in Wolvert's first  three years with the program.

Hazen returns for his seventh season with the CSB swimming and diving team in 2016-17. Hazen works with the CSB divers, while also working with the divers at Saint Johns. Hazen helped senior diver Carissa Gaffy-Sanford earn All-MIAC honors after taking third in the one-meter competition at the 2016 MIAC Championships. Gaffy-Sanford also improved her personal best and recorded the second-best three-meter (6) score in school history. Hazen was named the 2015 MIAC Diving Coach of the Year after landing 11 athletes in the top eight. Three Johnnies finished in the top eight in both the 1-meter and 3-meter competitions, and three Blazers finished in the top eight in the 1-meter dive and two more in the 3-meter. Senior diver Megan Lawson recorded the second-best 1-meter (11) dive score in school history and earned All-MIAC honors after taking third under Hazen's watch in 2014-15. She also qualified for the NCAA zone sectionals. Lawson also earned All-MIAC in the 1-meter dive thanks to a third-place finish in 2013-14. She finished in fourth place on the one-meter board as a sophomore.   In his 16 th year of coaching overall, Hazen spent nine years working with several high schools in the area before making the move to CSB/SJU. He is a 2006 gradaute of St. Cloud State with a degree in community psychology with an emphasis in applied behavor analysis. Hazen lives in St. Joseph with his wife, Tina, and their son.